Unit I Assignment Page

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The following are resources that will be used or have been used in class during the course of this Unit. Additional resources and web assignments will be posted when assigned.

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Purposes of Government (Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, Part I)

• Three Grandfather's Assignment (featuring readings by Locke and Rousseau)
• Defining Democracy (from the U.S. State Department)
• Thomas Paine readings from Common Sense, 1776 (Origin and Design of Government... / Of Monarchy and Hereditary Secession)
• Lee's Resolution to Congress (calling for American Independence)

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The Constitution (Chapter 2, Part II)

• Mock Constitutional Convention (featuring the various plans and questions facing the Framers)
• Original draft of the Constitution (from the Library of Congress)

• Federalist Paper #51
• 10 Minute Guide to the Constitution (infographic)
• Bill of Rights Pictogram (student example from 2011)

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Federalism (Chapter 3)

• Challenges to Federalism (policy paper looking at the Department of Homeland Security and the challenges 9/11 and Katrina)

(article on Federalism during the Clinton Presidency)
(article on No Child Left Behind, another example of Federalism during the Bush Presidency)

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